This one is called "World War II Movie."
I was inspired after watching a Bogart film.
A high, flat ocean dawn in black and white.
And 10,000 silent ships manned by Bogart.
Steady on the deck, volunteers with tongue
stuck out for Hitler and the Japs.
And below in the stainless galley,
Stewards show happy teeth, big eyes.
Every captain is a man, a father who
eats his pipe while watching the sea,
wondering at the fanatic, suicidal enemy.
Dawn and these are quiet men on gray, steel American ships
built at an unsinkable rate.
[LAUGHTER]